Meet one of the most dramatic changes in communication costs in history.
The introduction of the first modern postal system in Britain in 1840.
A 1839 Act of Parliament created the Uniform Penny Post – a single low postage rate and the first adhesive postage stamp, replacing a complex distance based system.
The results were monumental and, as this paper finds, also improved innovation.
Today, 73% of people in the UK consider post as essential or fairly important.
